Combined valise and tent.



PATENTED JULY 11, 1905.

A. 0. MAoG. FINLAY. COMBINED'VALISE AND TENT.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 23, 1904.

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PATENTED JULY 11, 1905.

A. G. MAOG. FINLAY. COMBINED VALISE AND TENT.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 23, 1904.

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- Winasses I K3 W NITED STATES Patented July 11, 1905.

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ALEXANDER COMYN MAOGREGOR FINLAY, OF PARIS, FRANCE, ASSIGNOR TO ALBERT EDI V IN CROOK, OF 3 I-IAYMARKET, MIDDLESEX COUNTY,

ENGLAND.

COMBINED VALISE AND TENT.

SPECIFICATIONforming part of Letters Patent No. 794,351, dated July 11, 1905.

Application filed June 23,1904. Serial No. 213,870.

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Be it known that I, ALEXANDER CoMYN MAO- Gunoou FINLAY, lieutenant Third Dragoon Guards, a subject of the King of Great Britain,

residing at Hotel de Calais, Paris, in the Republic of France, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Valise and Tent, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to construct valises that will both act as receptacles for spare kit and will also provide coverings to be used for sleeping under.

The drawings illustrate a valise made in ac- 5 cordance with my invention.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the valise, the loose side being held open. Fig. 2 is an end view, the loose side being closed; and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section. Fig. 4 shows the valise folded, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the same in use as a tent. Figs. 6, 7, and 8 show the pivoted rods to which the ends are secured. V

The valise consists of three rectangular pieces of waterproof canvas or other suitable material-one to form the base a and the others the sides 7) and c, a cord (Z being secured to the sidesb 0 at their line of division. The ends 0 are made triangular, the base of the 3 triangle being secured to the base a and one side to one side 6 of the valise. The sides of the ends 7" are secured to rods or tubes 9 of a light metal which are pivoted together at it. The rods gare preferably kept apart at their base by another rod 4.", which is pivoted to one of them and detachabl y connected to the other by a thumb-screw a. A cord 7', having at its end a pin 7'; for entering the ground, is attached to the rods y as is also the cord (Z,

4 which is secured to the sides, as above mentioned. The ends f and g are provided with ventilating-flaps Z, which are stiffened by A- shaped frames Z. Y

The unattached edge of the base a is turned up and is provided with fastenings m to secure the loose side 0 when desired. A flap 72 (shown empty in Fig. 2) is secured to one end of the base-piece by a row of stitching. \Vhen the valise is being used for sleeping, the kit is placed beneath the flap a, forming a pillow, 5 as shown in Fig. 3. A row of fastenings 0 is also provided at the line of division of the sides to allow of the loose side being held open.

To arrange the valise for sleeping in, it is unrolled and the pivoted rods opened, and the pins at the ends of the cords attached to the apices of the ends are driven into the ground. In cold weather the loose side 0 is secured to the base a. In hot weather the side 0 may either be supported open by any available means, such as bayonets or sticks 1), such as are shown in Fig. 1, or it may be tied to the top. .In hot climates protection may be obtained from the sun by using the valise 5 as shown in Fig. 1.

The length of the base-piece may conveniently be six feet and the ends thirty inches high.

By these means Without carrying more 7 weight than that of the ordinary valise as good a protection can be obtained as if tents were used, the result being that all the advantages of a tent can be obtained without the necessity of transporting the tents.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed,

I declare that what I claim is- 1. A combined valise and tent consisting of a base, two sides attached together at the top one being attached to the base and the bottom of the other being loose, and two triangular ends, the whole being supported by pivoted rods located at the ends and by a cord supported by the tops of the rods substantially as described.

2. In a combined valise and tent, the combination of a base, two sides attached together at the top, one being also attached to the base 9 and the bottom of the other loose, two ends secured to the base and to the fixed side, pivoted rods secured to the ends and a cord supported by the tops of the rods and supporting the sides substantiallyas described.

3. In a combined valise and tent, the combination of abase, two sides attached together the tops of the rods and supporting the sides at the top, one being also attached to the base substantially as described.

and the bottom of the other loose, tWo ends v secured to the base and to the fixed side, piv- ALEXANDER OOMYN MMGREGOh FINLM' oted rods secured to the ends, a third rod piv- Witnesses: oted to one of the rods and detachably con- STREETER LAMBERT, nected to the other and a cord supported by V. N. MATTHEWs. 

